Friday
Dec032010
Agency Testing - Fitness Shoot
Friday, December 3, 2010 at 7:00AM
Recently I tested with another agency model who wanted to update her book with some fitness photos. I spent a lot of time considering how to shoot this and eventually decided on shooting against a gray seamless background. Originally, I had wanted to shoot outdoors and do some action shots, however, with the cold weather and being we were shooting at night, I decided a studio session would be a better fit.
After deciding on the location wardrobe and lighting came next. Lighting is what I'm going to focus on discussing as I feel that is where a lot of photographers struggle.
I decided I wanted hard and contrasty light in order to emphasize the model's body as well using the shadow to draw focus more to the tone and muscles. The shots below were all shot with the same lighting, which is a fairly simple three light setup.
The background was lit with an open bulb. After metering and lighting the background, I used a beauty dish to only light the face and was very careful to keep spill off the body. Once the face was properly lit I then used an open bulb with barn doors to focus the light on the right-side of the body casting the left-side in shadow and forcing harsh light on the model's muscles and the water droplets across her stomach, bringing the viewer's eyes to focus more on the fitness side of the photo.
After deciding on the location wardrobe and lighting came next. Lighting is what I'm going to focus on discussing as I feel that is where a lot of photographers struggle.
I decided I wanted hard and contrasty light in order to emphasize the model's body as well using the shadow to draw focus more to the tone and muscles. The shots below were all shot with the same lighting, which is a fairly simple three light setup.
The background was lit with an open bulb. After metering and lighting the background, I used a beauty dish to only light the face and was very careful to keep spill off the body. Once the face was properly lit I then used an open bulb with barn doors to focus the light on the right-side of the body casting the left-side in shadow and forcing harsh light on the model's muscles and the water droplets across her stomach, bringing the viewer's eyes to focus more on the fitness side of the photo.
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